Valve construction



May 31, 1927. 1,630,973l

.1.y scHMlDT VALVE CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 18. 1925 John, Schmidt BY y, 91), H/

l' ATTORNEY aented May' 31, i927.

JOHN SCIDT, @F CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

vva CONSTRUCTION.

application mea neeember is, 1925. serial no. vales.

This invention relates generally tovalves such as are used in pipe lines in acid or dye plants, the invention having more particular reference to a novel type oi valve.

The invention has for an object the provision of an improved valve which will act more efficiently and which will not obstruct the flow of the liquid when wide open.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects .and advantages thereof, reference will be had the following description and accompanying drawmg, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth. n

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a central vertical sectional view of my improvedV valve.

.Y Fig. 2A is a similar view, but showmg the valve proper in an open positlon.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on theline 3-3 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary seci tional view showing a modified valve proper such as may be used with my improved valve. t

As here embodied my yimproved valve Ycomprises a valve body having a lower member 10, a bottom member 11 suitably attached thereto, and an upper member 12 at! tached to the lower member in any suitable manner such as by bolts 13 located in the lflanges 14 and 15 of the upper member 12 and the lower member 10.

The lower member 10 has conveniently attached thereto an outlet 16 having a iiange 17, or any similar suitable means ofconnecting to a pipe line, 16. The-inlet 1'8 1s bent 'or otherwise formed at right angles, and

haSits inner extremity suitably attached to a pipe 19 positioned within said lower member, as at 20. The lower extremity of the inlet 18 extends outside the lower member 10, and' has a ange 21, or any suitable means ,of connecting to a pipe line 18, tank or to whatever desired. The valve pipe 19 is of hollow cylindrical construction, centrally located within the lower member 10, and 1s supported therein by suitable ribs or f su porting members 22.

. .rihe valve seat 23 has suitably located ap- 4 ertures to accommodate the bolts 13, and is attached between the flanges 14 and 15, as

clearly shown in the accompanyin drawings. The valve seat 23 is also provi ed with apertures 24,- preferably oval shaped, each having its major axis coinciding with a attainable.

diameter would have to beemployed as an alternative to prevent excessive weakening of the disc seat 23. The valve proper 25 has a downward protruding portion 26, cone shaped, and `located in a relatively central v position within the valve passage 19, the

`valve, proper 25 and the ring 27 being attached to .the stem 28 by bolts 29,' or any other suitable means., The valve proper 25, islalso provided 'with a threaded portion 30,

as a further means of assuring the att-aching heretobefore mentioned. The operatingrod i 31 is attached to the stem 28 by means of clamps 32 and 33, having tongued portions 35 and 36 respectively to engage in suitably located grooves in the operating rod .31 and in the stem 28, said clamps 32 and 33 being secured to one 'another b bolts 34, or any ther suitable means. he operating rod g1 'is threadedly attached to the upper member 12, and has a hand Vwheel 37, or any similar suitable ymeans by which .the Said operating rod may be rotated or turned, so as to raise or lower the saidv valve proper 25. The downward projectin portion 26 is disposed in the path of t e inflowi-ng liquid and its inclined sides are adapted to spray such liquid thereby distributing-Y the same over the entire area of the valve seat 23 where it is free to flow through the plurality of openings 24. This spraying action is of marked advantage when the device is notl properly positioned with the valve seat 1n a horizontal plane. With the valve seat 'y This spraying` action may also. be employed to effect proper mixingl of a liquid comprising several substances and thus the projection may be em loyed as a baile where a mixing operation isequired.

Referring in particulartFigure 4 of the entering through the ters Patent of the accompanying drawing, in which I have illustrated a slight modilication of my improved valve, the valve proper 25 is provided with a flared coneshaped portion 38, downward protruding therefrom.

It is obvious that I have provided avalve having a substantially full opening, and that by means of the cone shaped portion 26, or the flared cone shaped portion 38, the liquid inlet 18 will pass passage 19 when the valve proper is opened and will be distributed to all the apertures 24 to facilitate a rapid passage of liquid through the valve seat 23, and

through the Vvalve will then ass out through the outlet 16.

While. have abovedescribed the preferred form, construction and arrangement of the several elements employed, it will be understood that the device is, nevertheless, susceptible of considerable -modiicatin therein, and I therefore reserve the privilege of resortingto all such changes as may? be fairly embodied within the spirit andscope of the inifention as claimed. y

Having thu-s described my'invention, what I claim as new, and desire toprotect by Let- United States is as follows :fi

1. A valve comprising upper and lower casings, an outlet pipe communicating with said lower casing, a valve seat interposed between said upper and lower casings having a plurality of spaced openings therein located between the periphery and center thereof and a center opening, a valve comprising a disc portion adaptd to cover said spaced openings, a cone shaped projection depending from said disc member adapted to be disposed in said center opening, and operating means or simultaneously retracting said projection from said center opening and lifting said disc portion from the upper surface of said valve seat to permit liquid to iow upwardly through said center opening and through said spaced openings into said lower casing, said cone-shaped projection being adapted when in its retracted position to spray said upwardly iowing liquid for .distributing thesame to said spaced openings.

2. A valve comprising a valve body having a4 lower member, a bottom member attached thereto, and an upper member attached to the said lower member by flanges, the said -lower member having attached thereto an outlet, an inlet attached to a valve passage, its lower-extremity extending outside the said lower member, the said Valve passage centrally located within the said lower member, and supported therein by supporting members, a valve seat attached the said valve passage, the said valve proper i and a ring being attached to a` stem, the said valve proper being. also provided with a threaded portion, an operating rod attached to the said stem by means ot clamps'having tongued portions to engage in grooves in the raid operating rod and in the said'stem, said clamps being secured to one another, the said operating rod being threadedly attached to the said upper member and having a hand Wheel by which the said operating lrod may be turned so as to raise or lower the said valve proper.

In testimony whereof I have aixed my signature.

JOHN SCHMIDT. 

